A single bacterium that divides every half hour can result in 17 million offspring in 12 hours. Consequently, the food you just bought might spoil because bacteria present in the food have multiplied like rabbits in your car in the hot conditions that are ideal for food spoilage.
The Howard County population density is 1,132.96 people per square mile, which is much higher than the state average density of 465.39 people per square mile and is much higher than the national average density of 81.32 people per square mile.
The county's Census-estimated population was 155,854 in 2015, representing a 0.7% decrease from the 156,898 enumerated at the 2010 United States Census, in turn increasing by 10,460 (+7.1%) from the 146,438 counted in the 2000 Census, retaining its position as the state's 16th-most populous county.